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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-14
Why will you be troubled with
Sprains and bruises,
Old sores and ulcers,
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N6uI61BI6 WIU CVOCII6CtIo9
Salt Rheum or Eczema,
Scald head and ringworm,
Pain in the back and spine,
Swelling Of the joint, and not try,
BEoGs' TRoPIcAL Or, If il does
not relieve it will cost you nothing
Is We warrant every bottle.
w. J. CoNLY, Druggist
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

HARPER, the Napoleon of finance, ETC.,
who run and wrecked the Fidelity bank
Of Cincinnati, has received the just re-
ward OF his conduct, and is now serving
q term Of ten years in the penitentiary.
His career WAS bright, brief, and termin-
ated most ingloriously. It is the old story
over and over again Of the man spending
some one else's money. Harper is more
unfortunate but not more criminal than
thousands OF others, who even now are
doing IS he has done. Some of them
may work out by good luck, others may be
caught and punished, and others still may
go unwhipt of justice, but they are liable
at any time to be caught up with. Men
who are entrusted with the money of
others should always have the lesson be-
fore them, that rascslity CT any kind may
flourish for time, but only for time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Let Thorn Look Before They Leap.
SAN ANTONIO, Ten, Dec. i

SAN ANTONIO, TEN, Dec. y, 1887.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
l find that the interest you SO nobly in
augurated in behalf Of immigration, and
which voices my sentiments so often ex-
pressed at many places in this state, is
having very sslutsry effect on the minds
Of the people over the entire state. The
recent great effort so Systematically made
by those in position to secure the benefit
sought by our sister state, California, has
done much to cripple our varied interests
and we are now feeling the sore effects
created thereby, and something was nee
essary to be done to stop SUCH influx OF
people and capital who should locate in
our great country and thereby prevent
the great exodus from leaving whose IN
terests are being blindly sacrificed. ~
1 am certainly in q position to know
and am very frank, and honest in saying
that Texas as q country presents more
inducements for the investment of CAPT.
tai and for the comfort of home seekers
than any state in the Union and if they
would only think for q moment many
would look before they leap, for il effort
Is coupled with desire Texas is the coun-
try after all, and boasts of being able to
raise everything that is being produced
in the entire Union. j. A. II. HosACK.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
TO OUR FAIR SISTERS.

THE GAZETTE knows full we'll the
peril in speaking of the ladies, God
bless 'em), in any other than compliment
tary terms and praise. But the GAZETTE
must do its duty to Texas regardless of
peril or consequences, and this paper de-
clares that certain lsdies of the state are
doing great hurt to the state in the man
ner of their structures and comments on
Texas life and conditions.
OF course, the GAZETTE speaks Of those
who are brought here by Texas husbands
and not of the native Texan. These i'm
ported wives leave older states where the
accumulated comforts and luxuries of
years are to be found, and come with
their Iiege lords 10 this new land, where
fortune is to be won by energy and
industry. The husband invests his all
and prepares to swim or sink, survive or
perish, financially speaking, On the ven
ture made.
When the heated term comes on, the
husband sends his wife to visit relatives
and friends in her old home, and she CON-
pares again the old with the new, and
this very comparison of the acquired
comforts Of the former with the hope of
comforts to come in the latter impel her
to dwell on what Texas has not and is
not rather than OF what Texas is and has
every hope of becoming.
Texas is hard state on women-all
new countries are SC; but women who
have linked their fortunes and lives with
men beloved should consult his
interest in ell things, as, of
course, the husband should consult
that of the wife. And Texas women talk
ing to women in other states can do Tex
as good or harm, as such Texas women
choose. Il is not necessary to exagger-
ate the advantages Of life in this state,
any more than it Is to ignore the advata-
ges and dwell only on the disadvantages.
In making or choosing 8. home, man is
more Influenced by his wife than in sughr
else, and il Texas women dispsrsge Texss
to women in othef states, they are work
ing against their own interests. Is there
any lady in Fort Worth smenable to the
charge of working to render the efforts of
her husband more difficult? Is there any
one in any other town or city? II SO, let
her consider this suggestion and bear in
mind that as long as her husband makes
this state his home his worldly interests
are here, and his interest is her interest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER a.

They are no safer than fractional cur
rency bill, while those who have expert
enced the delay necessary in our large
towns and cities to secure one of these
notes, as well as to collect the paymen'
on it, will be in sympathy with the pres
ent movement to secure from Congress an
early reissue of fractional currency.
Ali who are interested in this matter
are requested to apply at this Office by
mail or in person for circulars giving fur
Their information, blank petitions to Con-
gress, etc. These msy also be obtained
free upon application to the secretary of
the association, Herbert Myrick Of Spring
field, Mass.
We Shall be pleased to have our read
ers discuss this matter freely in our col
umus.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
FRI6HTFUL HOLOCAUST.
Mother and Six Children Burnsd to Dealt
Before the Fathers Eyesxa-., -

Mother and Six Children Burnsd to Death
Before the Fathers Eyes%as,..,--.'
HURON, D. T., Dec. 10 Near Wessing-
ton, about O'Clock in the morning, Mrs.
Harris and her husband were awakened
by fire and smoke, and found the house
on fire below. All of them were in the
upper story, which was in one room.
The father tried to get down the stair
way, but was driven back by the FIRE,
when he went through window to the
ground below calling the others to throw
out the children for him to save. The
Youngest was thrown out by its mother
and Harris caught it. Mrs. Harris
brother, who was living with them, did
not stop to aid his sister, but followed
Harris to the ground, and so did Harris
largest boy. Before the mother could
toss out another child the building had
fallen, buryipg her and six children In g
frey grave. One or TWO walls from the
burning structure and all was over with
them. Those who were saved were seri-
ously injured by cold, the mercury being
twelve degrees below and the wind blow
ing hard. Friday morning when the re-
mains were taken from the ash heap the
heads were burned OF, the feet were sew
cred from the legs and the legs were
burned from the bodies. It is not known
how the fire started.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Temperance Societies.


"The best way to strengthen church
temperance societies is to enforce total
abstinence among the preachers" That
is what Bishop Barrett of Northern Texas,
who was one of the delegates to the
Church Temperance Society, said at the
meeting yesterday. Then he told his
story. GA year ago 1 was one OF the
principal actors in q strange comedy.
had to make journey of little over 800
miles to part of my district which was
sparsely settled. Knowing that the trip
would be long and lonesome prepared
to meet emergencies by carefully I'LL
ing my little black bottle and
wrapping it in brown paper. Then
secreIed it in the bottom of the buggy, be-
tween my feet, out of sight, but st all
times safely within reach. will be frank
and tell you that in making long journeys
l had always thus supplied myself.
ain the afternoon of the first day l ar
rived at collection of shanties which
was dignifed by the name oftown. There
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
a RETURN TO FRACTIONAL CUR.
RENGY


The United States Postal improvement
Association is the name OF an organiza-
ton that has been formed to promote the
Reissue of fractional currency, and elsc
to secure reduction in the postage on
seeds and plants. Every planter now has
to pay tax of sixteen cents per pound
on seeds, bulbs and cions, IS that is the
postage on this class Of msil matter. 1t
is desired to have seeds and plants clsssed
as third-ciass mail matter, and subject to
rste of postage of one cent for each two
ounces or eight cents per pound. The
rate in Canada is only four cents per
pound. Any plan that will facilitate
the dissemination Of plants and
seeds is for the universal good of
the nation, and will be supported
by nine tenths of our population. Incl
dentally it is desired to abolish the pres
emit postal note system and substitute
therefor money orders for So or less at q
charge of 3 cents. The value and i'm
portsnce of this great facility to the mail
business of the country will be generally
recognized.
We heartily indorse this movement to
increase our postal facilities. We urge
all of our readers to Immediately write
to their representatives in both branches
of Congress to give this matter their
earnest and cordial support. The value
of these personal letters to Congressman
from their constituents cannot be over
estimated. If this is followed up by
the general circulation Ct petitions in be-
half Of these measures, success will be
assured. The National Grange in session
at Lansing, Mich, unanimously voted on
Monday to help this work for postal i'm
provement in every possible and legiti-
mate way. Success is certain, if every
one in favor of these ideas will take hold
| in earnest.
There is continually an increasing EVIL
| dence that the people desire the reissue
of fractional currency. At present large
me jority of our citizens are hindered in
making remittances in sums less than 81,
very much to their discomfort and dis
satisfaction. Either postage stamps or
postal notes must be used. In most
cases. distance from the nearest money
order postoffce renders it difficult to
secure the postal note, while postage
stamps are not intended as circulating
medium and are NOT negotia BILE.
Moreover, postal notes, being issued ct
only about Il per cent. of the postoffces
in tie country, are difficult to obtain.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

The railroads lost one opportunity at
the time OF the New Orleans exposition,
when they were requested to make ex-
cursion rates 10 Texas from the Crescent
city. They should not lose another. The
people of Texas are wrought up over the
matter now being discussed. Do the
roads ever consider that If the public en-
treaty is denied legislation may be in
voked to destroy that which destroys com
petition? II Texas can have an equal
chance with other states, the people will
care nothing for the pool, but IL the pool
stands in the way at this juncture, and
insists on discriminating against Texas,
then it will be ali the worse for the pool.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

THE present immigration movement in
Texas is no "war on railroads." and rail-
TOAD men who seek to create that i'm
preston are very unwise. Some OF the
best friends Texas railroads ever had are
prominent IN this movement, men, in
deed who have been denounced az rail-
road hirelings for opposing excessive
verdicts and harsh legislation against
railroads. The best, and truest, and
wisest friend to railroads is he who d.
rects their attention to the terrible earn
estness OF the people in the present
movement to lift Texas up and place it
on plane of equality with competing
states,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

LIKE thunderbolt from 3 clear sky
comes the announcement that Higgins is
going to resign. The man that the entire
Republican party tried to drive from
office and who withstood an almost ma
tionsl opposition is going to do OF his
own accord what the world could not
compel him to do. II is like man COM
hitting suicide after successfully lodging
the bullets of whole army.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

IF TIE railroads are not too much en-
gagged in providing transportation for
people leaving Texas for California st
LIS cents per mile, they would do q
handsome thing by giving the people of
Texas 8 rate of 1 cent mile to Dallas
on the Goth inst. At that meeting 1t is
proposed to discuss ways end means to
bring people into Texas from other states
and thus benefit the railroads as well as
the people Of the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

| was q hard lot of citjZ ens there. On the
porch of the hotel sat several gentlemen
with their trousers tucked into their boots
and literally Ornsmsnted with revolvers
and bowie knives. They were loudly con-
versing in 8 style which would not eX,ct-
" be considered proper in church meet
ing and punctuating their remarks with
eXpletives and tobacco juice.
"'Howdy, parson?' they cried, as the
landlord fastened out TO help me from
the vehicle. As luck would have it, the
big Texan discovered the hidden bottle
in the bottom of the buggy. There was
no help for i'll was discovered. He
gave me meaning glance, and with 8
loud laugh seized the bottle and waved it
in the air, crying, 'Why, boys, look-the
parson takes his bitters like the rest Of
u.s. There was loud burst of laughter
ADD the crowd cried, Give US q drink,
parsonn Yes said L, turning desper-
ately to the landlord, take q drink and
you can treat the whole crowd
"The gentlemen and their bowie knives
and their revolvers came gravely down
from the porch. The landlord gravely
unwrspped the bottle aud held it up to
the light with the air of copnoisseur.
He locked perplexed; the liquid was
lighter than that he was accustomed to
sample. Then he gingerly opened the
bottle and smelt the contents. TIE looks
that came over his features 1 csBnot de-
scribe. wal. by gosh!' he exclaimed, as
helwrapped up the bottle. Boys, it's fur
the wheels
"Yes. in long journeys the wheels
need it, said, and the roar Of laughter
that went up completely overwhelmed the
landlord"
This was the Bishops story, ana he did
not conclude it by saying what became of
the bottles contents. All the reverend
gentlemen seemed to know.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
SOMETHING IS WRONG.

The people say something is wrong
with Texas, but that the railroads are to
blame.
The railroads say something is wrong
with Texas, but that the people are to
blame.
Since both admit that something is
wrong, let both work together to rectify
the wrong, and not waste precious effort
In elimination and recriminstion.
Something is wrong. The railroads
are in position to begin the work CT recti-
fcation and to lead the people. The peo-
pie are ready to follow any lead for the
betterment of the condition of the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

REPUBLICAN members are already in
Producing buncombe bills. They want the
men who fought in the Federal army
during the war to receive SIS per month
pension. AS thousands of these soldiers
were ninety day men who never saw the
smoke Of battle, the proposition to pay
them and ruin the country is not likely to
meet with much favor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Politics Versus s,atesmanship.

ANUW NLUICs.
If the protectionist faction in the
Democratic party carry out their own de-
sires, or do what they have continually
declared that they would do, M. Cleye-
land has done the one thing by which he
denomination. From the point OF view
of the politician, he has shown courage
that is ttmerity in the pursuit of an end
Of no value to himself. But it is not by
this standard that statesmen are guided,
and it is by ignoring it that Mr. Cleve-
land shows that he is q statesman. His
view is fixed on the needs of the country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

KANSAS CITY has gentleman named
Corrigan who has undertaken to whip out
all the newspaper men in the country. he
beat and walked over one of the local
staff of the Times and afterwards sent the
editor home with badly broken up anat-
omy, besides taking his pistol away from
him. What Kansas City editors require
is not pistol, but one of the paper weights
used by Waco editors during the prohibi-
ton campaign.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
OlsDuTre.
Special to the Gazette

Special to the Gazette -
CLKBURNE, TEX, Dec. l5.-Mf' y, .
Ross of Steiner Valley, Hill coun!!i y y
here to-day looking for his son b-a ..,
who left home early yesterday mo- =,
Mr. Ross does not desire anyone y
him employment and says the %! :
without cause and hiss money enous ..ss
get back home. The boy i5 about s = en-
years old, five feet eight inches ~ .an
hiss black hair and eyes ana da-h
pleXion. .,rr,,
Elder Grubbs OF the Christian 80. 800
has accepted a challenge OF Elder ~
of the Baptist church 10 discuss po n-r Il
difference between the two Gnu d
The discussion is to take place q
Cottonwood in this county. n,
johnson Lodge No. Isl, l. w. - 81
Cleburne, Tex.s, held 81 elec.io- self
night, end the following ohcei9y yor.
elected for the ensuing term; T. g "
wood, n, G. R. L. Weloorn, = cGsm.l.z
Il. Byrd, Secretary; C. R. SIN. ..iiTs 4
Treasurer; o P. Lister Represel,,.aar-s. sc
Grand Lodge aud NJ. S. Kahle S-''--
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

matter. OF course the idea is to make
the intermarriage of the races legal in the
southern states. If the eastern people
desire to absorb the colored element they
must do SO by giving their own daughters
in marriage. The southern people will
never submit to it. The colored people
Of the south, who have any race pride at
do the whites. 1t is an election dodge
that will never materialize.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
a DEAD AER0NAU1.

He is Found Several Yards From HIS ba'
loon In q KENTUCKY swamp
OwRNsBoRo, KY, Dec. Ian iI
mense balloon was observed sailing o7a
this city Saturday afternoon at . gF''
height. Yesterday it was found IN 81 '-
swamp about ten miles south Of Hi.I"
vile. There were also discovered -
emaciated remains OF msn who nae s'..
IDENTITY been emp;ied from the basket X,
eral yarGs from where the airs1lp -.
fallen. No papers or evidence has US. =,
found to indicate who the uniorIal'''
m.n can be.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

Do NOT confuse the discussion in Texas
by charges and counter charges. We all
know that the depression is fact, and
we should all cooperate in movement
to put the state in a situation to compete
with Kansas, California and other states.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
THE GAZETTE is In receipt Of the fol-
lowing letter and Graves the pardon of
the writer for this use of it:

BRRMOND, TEN, Dec. 10, 1887.
Editor Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex.
DEAR SIR am subscriber 10 the daily GA :
zETTE. send you the money for two copies
of your weekly edition, to be sent as follows:
have been in the state of Texas thir-
ty-fve years. Have been a reader Of the Gal
weston News thirty years, and a reader of the
Dallas News one year, and a reader of the Fort
Worth GAZETTE one year. ] believe THE GA
ZETTE is the best paper in the state, and has
done and is doing more for the morals of the
people and the development of the resources Of
the stete than any TWO papers In 1t. Success to
THE GAZETTE. Respectfully,
JNO. G.. ROBERTS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

WE have the authority of the Louisville
Courier-J Journal for the statement that
the man who is accustomed to whisky
wants i: Just as much as the man who is
accustomed to tobacco wants tobacco.
The Kentuckian VINO would not throw
away chew of tobacco in order to secure
on his state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

THE white-souled Hoar wants the
women to be allowed to vote. II his bill
becomes law THE GAZETTE will nomi-
nate Francis Folsom Cleveland for
President, and move the nominations for
President close. Do we hear second2
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

WHEN the fact that certain Texas rail-
roads were placed in the hands of receiv-
ers is urged as reason why those roads
could no longer expend money for adver-
Using Texas, let it be remembered that
the people of Texas did not force the
roads into the hands OF receivers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

IF THE tariff protects American labor,
the coal diggers of Pennsylvania ought to
be millionaires by this time, instead OF
being hard pressed to exist on their
wages, as they are.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

THAT "competi:ion is the life Of trade"
is maxim as old as business itself.
Pools prevent competition. Texas is
stagnant, and il the pool stands in the
way of an effort to unite the railroads
snd the people, let the pool-rather than
TeXss-die.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

AS LONG as human nature is humsn
nature there will be mistakes made. AS
long as human nature is human nature
no mistake can be corrected or remedied
by another mistake.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
The Fort Worth and Rio Gsande VIII b,
EStenCSd.
san Angelo Enterprise.

SaH -AHbGIU LlttIp II5E.
The Fort Worth GAZETTE has again
taken up its "On to San Angelo" cry.
1t will bear repeating thst whenever The
GAzETTE takes up such a programme, it
never weakens until the goal is reached.
Mske note ont, o ye of little faith.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

THE weterworks are all right. With
competent management, the service c.n
be made IS satisfactory as any private
corporation could make it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Wanta the Gaz stte.


We missed our Fort Worth GAZETTE
Monday. Let the earth be without its
flowers, but for the Lords sake give US
THE GAZETTE. Life would be intolerable
without it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

ANY good hand who can form minis
try that will hold water can secure 8 good
paying job by Supplying TO President Sadi-
Carnot, Paris, France.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

DID it ever occur to anyone that Con-
gresham Martin has expressed himself,
sir, as being entirely satisfied, sir, with
the Presidents message, sir? A motion
to have Mr.. Cleveland hold over and save
the expenses of an election is now in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

IT is painful to note that no one will be
deferred from running for the Legislature
by the insecurity of the capitol building.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
On to Topolobampo.
Austin Dis atct

AuSlln DlS dtCu
Fort Worth has not built new rail-
road for nearly four weeks. Surely that
enterprising city must be losing its grip
THE GAZETTE should shout. "On to To-
polobampo."